Pauanui Beach Airfield

Pauanui airfield is located on the east coast of the Coromandel Peninsula 42 nm North West of Tauranga, 17 nm North East of Thames and 50 nm East of Auckland. Pauanui airfield bisects the township of Pauanui Beach and is consequently extremely noise sensitive. Pilots should avoid overflying the township below 2000 feet AGL to minimise noise and avoid the airfield circuit.

Terrain and turbulence

Pauanui is surrounded by high terrain from North through West to the South. Mount Pauanui dominates, rising to over 1200 feet within 1 nm to the South of the airfield. A Southerly airflow will create moderate to severe turbulence and unpredictable wind directions at the airfield. High terrain rises to nearly 1200 feet to the North West and nearly 3000 feet to the West and South West.

CAUTION: There are often significant downdrafts at the Eastern (beach) end of the runway.

CAUTION: With Northerly winds there is often turbulence on short finals for 05 caused by buildings.

Weather

Weather conditions are generally favourable throughout the year. At any time of the year however, but particularly between June and October, in airflows from North through East to South East, low cloud and poor visibility is common inland of the coast. Phone me on 0-7-864 9020 or Huggy 0-7-864 9252 if you need an 'on the spot' update on weather conditions.

Alternates

	Hdg (°M)	Dist (nm)	Freq	Atis	Elev (ft)	Rwy (°M)	Rwy (m)	Fuel
Tauranga	138	42	118.3	126.6	13	07/25	1825	BP
Thames	222	17	119.1		5	05/23	618	Mobil
Waihi	150	25	119.1		4	13/31	640	None
Whitianga	302	15	119.1		12	04/22	1165	Shell

Pedestrians

While every attempt is made to keep pedestrian traffic off the airfield, inevitably people tend to take the "short cut" to get to the other side. Look out for pedestrians at all times but particularly over holiday periods. Visibility in the early morning or late evening makes identification of pedestrians on the airfield very difficult.

CAUTION: There is a skateboard bowl right next to the threshhold of Runway 05. There are large numbers of children in this area, particularly during holiday periods.

CAUTION: Golfers from the golf course to the North of the airfield often stray on to the airfield to retrieve golf balls.

Incident and Accident Procedure

In the event of an accident or incident at Pauanui Beach Aerodrome all media requests for information or comment should be referred to the affected organisation, the Operator or to the CAA without further comment.

Note: See the Pauanui Airfield Emergency Plan for immediate response information in case of accident or emergency.

Report an accident - 0508 ACCIDENT (0508 222 433)
Report other safety concerns - 0508 4SAFETY (0508 472 338)